6/18 - Oakville, Illinois.
Pigs trying to escape the flood waters gather in top of a farm building |
Update: 6/18/2008 -
The Mississippi River has spilled over two levees today and is pouring
into thousands of acres of farmland which is about a 25 mile stretch.
"It's kind of a sad day," said
Sheriff John Jefferson of Hancock
County. "People put in a lot of
manpower [to build up the levees]
and all was lost."
The good news is that the flood
waters are receding elsewhere.
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We are continuing to
carefully monitor the Midwest flooding. My own family lives in
Indiana and have been updating me on the situation there.
Do you
live in affected area? Can you provide us with updates on the
animal needs? If you have info, please contact us
here.
Help us be prepared:
Pasado's has not deployed to the Midwest at this time. Should the
call come that we are needed, please click
here
to be a part of our Rescue Team. |
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UPDATE: 6/17/2008
- The Flooding Continues |
Bryan
Schulte
watches over
a sandbag
levee
Tuesday in
Burlington,
Iowa.
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Iowa- Despite sandbagging efforts,
the levees beginning to break
Midwest floodwaters have already
killed five people, displaced 38,000
others and damaged $1 billion worth
of crops in Iowa alone.
Levees all along the mid-Mississippi
were topped with Sandbags but the
river continues to rise.
"We're working hard with communities
to get the levees up and are very
concerned that the water will go
over top of them," said Ron
Fournier, a spokesman for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.
The Great River Bridge on U.S. 34 has been closed, according to the sheriff's office of Henderson County, Illinois.
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"If this river comes up to
26 feet, it's going to be clear to the top of our levee here, and I
don't know if we're going to be able to hold it," said Pete Wilson,
owner of a mattress warehouse where water already was getting in Tuesday
morning. "It was at 25-7 earlier this morning, and I just about gave up
on it." Evacuated
residents of Cedar Rapids still have not been able to return to their
homes to retrieve their belongings. Fire officials say the homes
are too dangerous and that it could still be some time before they can
return. The Cedar River had taken over more than 400 city blocks,
displacing thousands of people. |
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A cloud formation moves over Oconomowoc, Wis., as the
state contends with heavy rains, wind damage and areas of flooding.
(Watertown
Daily Times photo by John Hart / June 8,
2008)
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Midwest Floods -
More Rain to Come?
June 5, 2008
As the death toll has risen to 22, more flooding may
be on the way as rivers overflow and reservoirs reach their limits.
Severe storms have already crippled parts of the midwest.
Many local animal rescue
groups have deployed to the affected areas to save pets that were left
behind in evacuated homes. The PetSmart Rescue Waggin made an
emergency stop to transfer Indiana shelter animals to make room for pets
displaced by the floods.
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"Because pets
suddenly orphaned from the rains could belong to someone in the
community, it's imperative they stay in the community," says Della
Maddalena of the Morgan County Humane Society. "By arranging for the
Rescue Waggin' to pick up and transfer dogs already at the shelter,
we're helping make space at Morgan County Humane Society for the influx
of pets left homeless from the flooding." |
Abel Ortiz, holding his dog "Chiquito," wades out of his
truck at his home on the flooded Elm Road in Oak Creek, Wis.
(Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel photo by Jack Orton / June
9, 2008) |
Although the number of
animals left behind is unknown at this time, we hope that this number
will be much smaller than the overwhelming numbers of pets left behind
during Hurricane Katrina. Pasado's Safe Haven had rescued over
1200 of these pets in New Orleans and attempted to reunite them with
their families.
Since the tragedies
experienced in New Orleans, positive changes have been made for animal
should disaster strike. National legislation has mandated that
people can now take their pets with them when they are evacuated.
The concern that still remains is - What will happen to the livestock in
these situations?
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We will continue to follow
the flooding and provide updates as needed. Want to help Pasado's
be prepared for local disasters? Sign up
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today. In the event that a disaster would strike, we will be able
to contact you for help. There are many ways that you can assist -
joining our rescue team, sending requested items, helping us coordinate
and relay information from your own home or by donating to help those
who are able to rescue. |
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A farmstead located west of Reedsburg, Wis. is flooded
after a series of severe storms hit the state. (Wisconsin
State Journal photo by Steve Apps / June 9,
2008)
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